We Landed On The Moon - We Landed On The Moon

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So indie you can't find it, but so good you'll want to.

By Chad Grischow

Somewhere between the rocking folk of Rilo Kiley and the punk side of The Pretenders is Baton Rouge quintet We Landed On The Moon. Like the two aforementioned bands, a killer female lead singer is at the front of We Landed On The Moon with a solid band in tow. Melissa Eccles has the pipes to really belt out the tunes, and the confident swagger to rock with the best of them. The fire in the roared lyric, "You're such a hitless wonder", on "Lovely" will stop listeners in their tracks, while the staggering punk of dirty riffed "Indian Song" and powerhouse conclusion of "Before The Lights Come Up" show completely different sides of her.

Thankfully, the band features more than just Eccles' solid vocals. The rolling beat and glistening guitars of "One Of A Kind" shimmy and shake under Eccels' sultry vocals perfectly. Stabbing reggae-infused riffs, think The Police, drive the bluesy "Simple Steps", as the simple, "I knew", hook haunts. Songs like the sinister slithering "Muse" keeps listeners on their toes, as the band spends much of the album shifting styles. Although they go as far as the plucky piano-fuelled pop bopper "Without A Sound", they never loose their footing. From the straight-forward punk of "Head Shot" to the swirling guitar-driven rock of "Everything Is Fine", We Landed On The Moon sound like a confident band with wide ranging influences rather than one searching for their sound.

The only complaint to make regarding We Landed On The Moon is just how hard the self-released gem it is to find. The brilliantly diverse listen is worth seeking out online, as they will not be hard to find for very long.